Solicitation W912P8-16-B-0027 HAS BEEN PROTESTED TO GAO. FURTHER ACTION ON THIS SOLICITATION IS POSTPONED PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE PROTEST. This is an UNRESTRICTED procurement. NAICS Code: 237990. This solicitation, W912P8-B-0025, is anticipated to issue as an Invitation for Bid (IFB). The solicitation will issue on or about 13 May 2016. The anticipated bid opening date is set for 14 June 2016, however, actual date of bid opening will be determined upon the solicitation advertisement date. All qualified business concerns may submit offers. Offers from large business firms must comply with FAR 19.7 and FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for submission of a subcontracting plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 16 subcontracting goals are for specified percentages of the contractor's total planned subcontracting amount to be placed with the following: Small Business 41.50%; Small Disadvantaged Business 23.5%; Woman Owned Small Business 7.5%; HUBZONE Small Business 7.92%; and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business 5.18%. The work consists of wetland restoration in existing shallow open water via borrow dredging from a designated borrow pit within Lake Pontchartrain. Both BLH-W and marsh platforms will be constructed. The work requires retention dike construction, board road placement, and a jack-and-bore effort to provide the dredge disposal pipeline access to the construction site. This construction effort is a mitigation effort for Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) works in the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) project. The estimated value of this work is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. The Government will not provide written paper copies of the solicitation. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package will not be honored. Potential contractors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any amendments. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be posted on FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). You will need Adobe Reader for .pdf files (www.adobe.com) in order to open most files posted by the New Orleans District. You are encouraged, for marketing purposes, to register as an Interested Vendor in FedBizOps (www.fbo.gov). This can be done by clicking on the solicitation title and clicking on the button that says Register as an Interested Vendor and entering your business information. Offerors are also encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the Small Business Administration Subnet, at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive a Government contract award. You may register online at http://www.sam.gov. The point of contact for this procurement is Missee Koehn at 504-862-2239 or
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